Some Institutions use EchoVideo along with an LMS or Learning Management System. EchoVideo supports integration with the five main LMS': Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, Desire2Learn/BrightSpace, and Sakai. Although as long as the LMS supports the LTI (learning tools interoperability) standard, EchoVideo should work with any of them.
Some institutions have the Admins do everything when it comes to linking EchoVideo with the LMS. Some institutions want the instructors to do everything (including creating courses and sections!). Many institutions fall somewhere in the middle. So because we don't know which kind of institution you belong to, we've tried to cover all the bases with respect to documenting how to make the LMS EchoVideo integration work.
There are no instructions on this page; this page is simply a starting point for more information on making EchoVideo and your LMS work together smoothly. Use the links below for detailed articles for what you want to do. For summaries of the basic instructor-based tasks, check out the sections at the bottom of this page.
Blackboard Integration Articles
- Configuring Blackboard with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding the EchoVideo Tool Link to Blackboard Courses
- Embedding EchoVideo Videos into Blackboard
- Adding a REST API Integration between EchoVideo and Blackboard
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
Canvas Integration Articles
- Configuring Canvas with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding an EchoVideo Link to a Canvas Course
- Embedding EchoVideo Videos into Canvas
- Adding a REST API Integration between EchoVideo and Canvas
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
Moodle Integration Articles
- Configuring Moodle with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding an Activity Link to EchoVideo in Moodle Courses
- Embedding EchoVideo Videos into Moodle
- Adding a REST API Integration between EchoVideo and Moodle
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
Desire2Learn/BrightSpace Integration Articles
- Configuring Brightspace with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding the EchoVideo Tool Link to Brightspace Courses
- Embedding EchoVideo Videos into Brightspace Content Windows
- Adding a REST API Integration between EchoVideo and D2L Brightspace
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
Sakai Integration Articles
- Configuring Sakai with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding an EchoVideo link to Sakai Course Sites
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
If yours is an institution where Instructors create the EchoVideo Courses/Sections to link into, refer to the information and instructions in Creating EchoVideo Courses or Sections through the LMS. You may also want to set up one-click course provisioning, where linking your LMS course into EchoVideo auto-creates the EchoVideo Course and Section.
Creating a Link to Echo in your LMS Course
The primary thing most institutions do is to have a link in their LMS courses that directs users into an EchoVideo course/section. If this link is set up properly in the LMS, EchoVideo can export analytic data for students to the LMS Gradebook. Many instructors find this feature very handy.
The link into Echo can be a single link to the course Class List, allowing students to navigate into different classes from there. Instructors can also set up multiple links into Echo that lead directly into a specific classroom. Many instructors use a combination of both. That allows most students to simply view the EchoVideo recordings of class lectures as needed, but also provides additional focus on particular lectures that instructors may want to be certain students view and engage with.
Export Echo Analytics to the LMS Gradebook
The tricky part for having EchoVideo be able to export student analytic data directly into the LMS/VLE gradebook is properly setting up the link into EchoVideo. It is tricky, in part, because each LMS/VLE has different requirements for making this work.
- The link(s) into EchoVideo must be created or placed in a way that it creates a Gradebook column in the LMS/VLE.
- Each link into EchoVideo can generate one and only one Gradebook column.
- In order for grades to come OUT of Echo into the gradebook for an EchoVideo link, each student must go INTO Echo via the link at least once. This means that if there is a link to the main course page in EchoVideo AND a link directly into a class in the same course, for the students' data to be written into the gradebook for both links, the student MUST have followed both links into Echo at least once. After that, they can view the Echo content any way they like.
See Sending Student Analytics Data to the LMS Gradebook as well as How Gradebook Exported Analytic Data is Calculated for additional information on gradebook exports.
Embedding EchoVideo Videos into your LMS
EchoVideo has created EchoVideo Embed Buttons for Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, D2L Brightspace and Sakai. These buttons, as the name might suggest, allow users to simply select a video or interactive media from their EchoVideo library and embed it directly into a content window in the LMS. Basically it's an "Easy Button" for embedding media. And these embeds are secured, meaning they authenticate the viewer, as well as track the viewing time for the user, which is then provided in our media analytic data.
But these buttons don't appear by magic; EchoVideo admins have to install and configure the plug-ins that make the buttons possible. If your administrator hasn't done this, never fear. You can still embed Echo videos into LMS content windows. You just have to do it the long way. And these are "public" embeds, meaning your users may not be authenticated into Echo, and therefore may not have their views specifically attributed to them in our analytic data.